The evening world., 1887-10-19

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NEWS FROM THE THEATRES.
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THE LATEST SPECTACULAR PIECE BROUGHT
~ OUT AT THE BIJoU. W &.
Fine Scenery and Troops Of Pretty Girls, but
no Dramatic Interest in "Csnrad tho
Corsair ''-Dixey Contemplating Another
Trip to E~nsland-Frank Carlyle to Play
in "Rudolph 1.-THE Academy's Fate.
&HMN@ HETITLE OF" Conrad
/kysAM WuH& the Corsair," which
IbEfM N VNlF was given to the piece
NIJV %AWMHtE.x produced at the Bijou
MEM Op~era-house last night,
WV ~ may sound nice, but
NWM NV NM Jack the Giant
NJ NGHSsH@N II Killer" or Beauty
NFM Eand the Beast" would
@MNJMVN have been equally ap-
ES~moI propriate. There is
~~<2@ nothing whatever of
MhAAA MI any dramatic interest
NAEINnN INN Sin Mr.. Rice's latest
NSM&N w production. It is like
NM WzTISk\his "Evangeline,"
W. Circus in Town.
and other delectable works, merely the We
hicle for the introduction of troops of
pretty girls, wearing little but bangles and
sweet smiles. In fact, the costumes" of
fifty of the a slaves, odalisques and almas."
sewn together, would not AVE made
one respectable walking dress. How
ever, no one was particularly shocked.
People who go to see one of
Rice's productions kno his weak points by
this time. There is some ~wondrous scenery
in Conrad the C,orsair." Mr.. Rice in his
programme describes one as "a dazzling
scene of silk and satin, silver and gold and
shimmering armor." II was. There was q
%prismatic fountain that declined to work,
but as it couldn't have been seen behind the
" shimmering armor. - even if it had worked,
people forgave it.. In the cast of Conrad
the Corsair" were Miss Annie Summerville,
Frank David, j. G.. Brocolini, Miss Louise
Montague and Miss Rose Cooke.
England next summer. and this time he will
sensibly leave his 'Adonis" at home. Not
all the kings horses and all the kings men
could ever make Londoners appreciate q bur-
leSque OF the AuOnlS bOTt. luey COulu
not even acquire a taste for it, and this Dixey
undoubtedly saw. In case he goes to Lon
don, he will appear in comedy, preceded by
his sketch of Irving, which was wonderfully
successful in England before.
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Frank Carlyle, who created the part of
Allan Dare at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, will
play the leading part in Rudolph" at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre next Monday
night, although the Allan Dare" Company
does not close its engagement in Brooklyn
until the following Saturday night. Mr..
Carlyle, however, felt justified in asking for
the release. The complete cast of
Rudolph" now includes George Knight,
Mrs. Knight, Carrie Turner, Jane Stewart,
NJ. A.. Kennedy, Charles Boser, Lynn
Hurst, Frank Colfax, William Fawcett. Henry
Thompson, George German and William
Keene. Sam Sothern, who is under contract
with Henry L. Abbey, has by permission been
included in the cast. Charles MacGeachy is
looking after the business management.
THE Great Pink Pearl" will shortly open
in Boston, after which it will be seen in De-
troit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Jersey City and
Brooklyn.
People talked a good deal yesterday about
the sale of the Academy of Music and the
new management that will follow. No one
seems to know who are the purchasers, but it
is generally supposed that they are people
who have been connected with the Academy
during its opera seasons.